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Italian
Etymology
From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Suffix
-fago
- -phage (nouns)
- -phagous (adjectives)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fa.ɡu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fa.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fa.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fɐ.ɡu/
Suffix
-fago m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fagos)
-fago (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -faga, masculine plural -fagos, feminine plural -fagas)
- -phage
- -phagous
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).
Suffix
-fago m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fagos, feminine -faga, feminine plural -fagas)
- -phage
Suffix
-fago (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -faga, masculine plural -fagos, feminine plural -fagas)
- -phagous
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